Shark Egg

[puffy_1234]

Has anyone ever had a shark egg? If so, tell me about it... I have one, and I think it should be hatching soon.... probably about a month actually... I need to know what I need to do, to get ready for my baby? Is it used to my salinity level and everything, since it's been in my tank...
help me with this one please!

 

[turbo21]

i just looked into buying a banded shark egg and what i have been taught is the shark will not do well in low salintity also make sure you can see something moving in the egg because i have heard that one out of every three eggs hatches when it gets closer to the time for it to hatch you should be able to see the shark moving around in the egg

 

[beach bum]

Just make sure you have a tank ready for it. I had one hatch inside three weeks after buying it - I almost wasn't ready - but it was a nice surprise to come home and see the new little life. And fwiw, I never saw movement in the egg prior to the hatching, then again it was covered with algae anyway...

 

[puffy_1234]

I see it moving around lots... I just went to my lfs where I bought it to ask some questions about it, and about some other things going on in my tank, and I saw the other egg that was there the same time I bought mine.... only it was a little shark, with the egg attached to it, but swimming around... They told me that I should help the shark out, and open the egg for him because there is not much room for him to move... then I told him, basically.. shouldn't nature take his course, and let him do it himself when he is good and ready... and he just told me to help it because sometimes they are weak, with being in the egg, and just a baby, that they are unable to open it themself... so I am not sure what I sould really do though. any suggestions?????

 

[shadow678]

I have not hatched sharks myself, but I have seen several posts by the shark-keepers here that have said that you should let the shark hatch itself, as you may take it out premature, or damage it. I would say let it take it's natural course. Sharks have been in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years, I don't think they would have been around that long if their natural abilities weren't very satisfactory.

 

[puffy_1234]

Thanks... that's what I was thinking to... I think that once it's ready to finally come out, it will... Guess I just needed another opinion on it....

 

[novice150]

Helping the shark hatch can be done, but it is not absolutely necessary. The big problem with lending a hand, is that most people do it too soon. Most of the time, people think the shark is more developed than it really is, just because they've had it for longer than expected.
IMO a shark is not ready to hatch until its yolk sack is 99%-100% gone. There should only be what looks like a string (umbilical cord) left. Also, when a shark is mature enough to hatch, its tail will touch its head in the egg. If you help them out with the yolk still attached, it can tear. This can lead to many problems including infection, or even starvation.
Bottom line: Let nature take its course

 

[puffy_1234]

That's exactly what I'm doing... letting nature take it's course... I am afraid I will hurt it or damage it... It looks like it's gonna open anytime though,... the shell is getting thin, and looking like he's gonna break through soon... YEAH to me... I'm gonna be a mommy!!!!

 

[bobby & kari]

we had one hatch about a month ago its awesome you have to get it to eat within a 10 day period put squid tentacles on a stick and rub it on his whiskers sonner or later he will snatch it up my shark has even ate a gold fish that was intended for my lion good luck

 

[benthic]

I have "hatched" 3 bamboos in the past, and I think it's best to let them do it on their own also. Just keep a close eye on him. I have seen one egg case that was cut open on top so there was kind of a semicircular flap, but when the owner saw the shark was actually just fine, he left it be and it stayed in the case until it was ready. He was lucky he didn't knick the shark. It irritates me when pet stores promote the "just cut it out" idea, most first time owners don't know what to expect and get worried when it takes a while. I had one take 3 months, just depends on how developed they are when purchased.
In the few hatchings I've seen, the shark always pushed through the end of the case, usually at night. Except in one case where I was holding a mature egg up (still underwater) to see how he was doing and the shark just jumped out of the end of the case with it in my hands. I think we were both suprised.
Also, make sure you have a lid on that tank.